林姓源自周朝,源於子姓,為軒轅皇帝之 三十三世孫,至今有3,111年。太始祖是商 朝忠臣比干公,因忠厚護國被後世奉為文財 神。比干有一子名堅,因在樹林出生,被周 武王賜姓為林。所以有了林姓之始。
郡望:主要有濟南郡、下邳郡、南安郡、 晉安郡、西河郡等。 堂號:南安堂、晉安堂、下邳堂、濟南 堂、西河堂、九龍堂、九牧堂。 林姓賢材輩出,其中最為出名是媽祖林 默。媽祖生於北宋建龍元年三月二十三日, 是九牧林氏後裔,媽祖道德高尚,為民解懮 濟困,一生救人無數。被歷代奉為天后、 天妃、天上聖母,是中國人所稱頌的傑出女 性,最後被列入國家祀典,全世界媽祖信眾 有三億,媽祖文化信仰傳遍全球。 林姓在中國姓氏排行十六位,是超級大 姓,全世界林姓人口超過二千萬。其分佈如 下:其中福建約470萬,廣東約311萬,浙江 184萬,台灣約200萬,韓國約100萬,其他地 區約500萬。
羅省林西河堂成立於一九二○年,當初租
賃華埠重慶路寧陽會館作為會所。二次大戰
後,林族移民來美,特別是廣東四邑僑鄉者
眾多。大家感思租賃堂所殊非久計,極欲自
置會所,雖幾經集議商討,終無所成,直至一九七九年,當任主席宇藩、副主席家煦及
前主席超豪等挺身而出,擇定在華埠之現址
為堂所。先由正副主席出資十一萬伍仟元承
購,然後以原價轉讓與本堂。經全體會員大
會通過接納,以「百子會」集股方式募款承
受,並得以各昆仲踴躍參加合作,三日間有
九十九人參與,完成本堂數十年自購堂所之
夙願。後再經斥資裝修改建,於一九八○年
九月二十八日正式開幕。大樓為二層建築,
寬敞舒適,成為我林姓宗親聯繫鄉誼,安身
立命之永久會所。1994年5月20日召開百子會
全體股東大會,以百子會股票半價,依照公
司辦理法,將產權轉為堂所所有。此舉得到
百子會成員一致贊成,更有昆仲甘願將個人
股份權益全數捐以本堂,可見林氏兄弟之赤
子之心。
本堂所林姓宗親熱心堂務,不計報酬,通
力合作,使堂所活動持之有恒、有序。昆仲
皆熱心公益,回饋社會,其中前主席蔭溥宗
長義捐美金十萬元,充實堂所每年所設之教
育獎學金,以鼓勵培養林姓後輩菁英。還有
前主席宇藩宗長,在2016年向羅省Biola University大學捐贈美金1200萬巨款,在美國各
界引起廣泛關注,令人肅然起敬,也為在美
國的林姓鄉親贏得美名。
本堂所年度活動如下:
◎每月第一個周日為堂所例行聚會。
◎每年新春有新舊職員就職儀式。
◎春宴是年度堂所最隆重的活動,會邀請
中華會館屬下傳統僑社慶祝,大埠總堂有數
十之眾前來助興。另參與各僑社會的春茗活
動。
◎清明節有慎終追遠的祭拜先人活動。
◎六月份有慶祝雙親節。
◎九月份為堂所建樓慶祝活動。
◎感恩節、聖誕節的慶祝歡樂時光。
THE HISTORY OF LIM LAM LUM Bi Gan was
uncle of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty ( 1122 B.C. ).
He was an honest advisor to the King, but the King
didn’t like his advice and had him executed, by
means of tearing out his heart. Upon hearing this,
his pregnant wife knew the king will come after her,
so she escaped into a rocky cave in the forest, and
gave birth to a boy,
After King Zhou was overthrown by King Wu
of Zhou Dynasty King Wu knew about the courageous advisor, since the boy gave birth, so the
King pronounced the boy’s last name FOREST.
The word FOREST, when translated to Chinese, is
LIM, LAM, LUM, or LIN, depends on what area you
are from.
Bi Gan is now called the God of Money.
The Lim Family Assn was founded in 1920, The
mission of the organization is to support and encourage growth among the Chinese living in America. Our Members would provide economic and
educational opportunities, as well as immigration
and legal assistance to Chinese immigrants.
Bach in the 1950s, there were very few Lim
Family Members in the greater Los Angeles area,
it was very difcult for members to congregate for
meeting and social activities, due to lack of a meeting place.
During the 60s and 70s as the members of
the Lim in the Los Angeles area proliferated, the
need of a permanent site to serve the members
was becoming more evident, The Lim Family elder
statesmen volunteered to spearhead the drive to
fnd a suitable permanent home for the assn. After countless months of searching and negotiating
with property owners, and securing the necessary
fnancial backing of the members, their efforts culminated in the purchase of the present building on
1301 n. Main Street, Los Angeles.
年份 | 會長 |
1951--1952 | 金養 |
1953--1954 | 榮添 |
1955--1956 | 舉茂 |
1957 | 日初 |
1958--1959 | 德鏡 |
1960--1961 | 晉南 |
1962--1963 | 金海 |
1964--1965 | 榮添 |
1966--1967 | 德鏡 |
1968 | 榮添 |
1969--1970 | 兆偉 |
1971--1972 | 友均 |
1973--1974 | 宇藩 |
1975--1976 | 超豪 |
1977--1978 | 蔭溥 |
1979--1980 | 宇藩 |
1981--1982 | 家煦 |
1983--1984 | 慶善 |
1985--1986 | 秉權 |
1987--1988 | 進琰 |
1989 | 傳倉 |
1990--1991 | 振霸 |
1992 | 慶善 |
1993 | 仕權 |
1994--1995 | 友均 |
1996--1997 | 禎祥 |
1998--1999 | 餘善 |
年份 | 會長 |
2000--2001 | 蘇文 |
2002--2003 | 文傑 |
2004 | 秉文 |
2005--2006 | 文傑 |
2007--2008 | 偉權 |
2009--2010 | 慶善 |
2011--2012 | 偉權 |
2013--2014 | 繼鳴 |
2015--2016 | 偉權 |
2017--2018 | 社潮 |
2019 | 鐘博 |
2020 | 鐘博 |
2021 | 鐘博 |
2022 | 偉權 |
2023 | |
2024 | |
2025 |